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MCQ FOR CAT 1 YEAR 8, ICT

1. A person who writes a computer program is called a _________________


A. Writer
B. Programming
C. Programmer
D. Artist

ANSWER: C

2. The computer understands ……………. language


A. Motor
B. English
C. Machine
D. Basic

ANSWER: C

3. A step – by – step instruction which tells the computer what to do is known as ___________
A. Softcopy
B. Hardware
C. Program
D. Machine

ANSWER: C

4. The process of writing instructions in a language acceptable to the computer is called ……….
A. Program
B. Programmer
C. Programming
D. Process

ANSWER: C

5. What translator do you use in converting an Assembly language to a machine language


A. Compiler
B. Assembler
C. Interpreter
D. Processor

ANSWER: B

6. 0 and 1 are what computer programming language


A. High level
B. Assembly
C. Machine
D. English
ANSWER: C

7. Compiler is used to translate …………… level language to machine language


A. Low
B. High
C. Medium
D. Average

ANSWER: B

8. Which of these is NOT a translator?


A. Assembler
B. Constructor
C. Compiler
D. Interpreter

ANSWER: B

9. When you convert 2134 to base 10, the answer is


A. 45
B. 39
C. 77
D. 100

ANSWER: B

10. Identify the highest number out of these 4 options


A. 1011112
5
B. 2
C. 12810
D. 10016

ANSWER: D

11. Octal system is a number system with a base of


A. 8
B. 2
C. 6
D. 16

ANSWER: A

12. The equivalent of A, B, C, D, E and F in hexadecimal system is in decimal


A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively
B. 15,16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 respectively
C. 10,11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 respectively
D. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 respectively

ANSWER: C
13. The 16 digits and characters used in the hexadecimal system are
A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, A, B, C, D, E and F
B. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, and F
C. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, A, B, C, D, E, and F
D. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, A, B, C, D, E, F

ANSWER: B

14. The system of counting in tens is called


A. octal system
B. binary system
C. decimal system
D. hexadecimal system

ANSWER: C

15. Base 16 can also be referred to as


A. binary
B. decimal
C. floating point
D. hexadecimal

ANSWER: D

16. The …………. statement allows the programmer to assign numbers and formulas to a variable
name in program
A. Rem
B. Let
C. Data
D. Read

ANSWER: B

17. The………….. statement always indicates the end of a basic program


A. Stop
B. End
C. Data
D. Read

ANSWER: B

18. The ……statement brings out the processed data


A. Input
B. Let
C. Print
D. Data

ANSWER: C
19. …………….. statement allows you to type in data from the keyboard when the program is
running
A. Print
B. Input
C. Let
D. Read

ANSWER: B

20. Key words are referred to as……._


A. Important
B. Reserved
C. Constant
D. Real

ANSWER: B

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